Gary P-B Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Not so.... as proven by the extent of Gene (&> Tommy's) writing on the album....

...under Paul's guiding (pushing) hand. Paul kept the band going in the lean years. Paul pushes Gene into participation. Paul lobbied to be producer. Had none of those things happened, if Paul had not been allowed to produce and push the band is his own way, there'd be no new KISS album.